Happy Halloween!

Pictures soon...

Today was great.  Woke up early and did 3 B's.  Felt awesome all day.  Eats were good with the exception of a few pieces of candy since it was halloween and all.

Now for bed.

Sore, really?

I haven't been sore from an upper body work out in a while, so today actually comes as a huge surprise, and I love it!  I'm tired today though, and I've got the beginnings of a headache, so we'll see how the rest of the day goes.  I'm going to try to run when I get home from class, but I have to get my car inspected too and try to get some work done.  Of course, I might just see if Brandon wants to play frisbee golf with me instead of doing anything I'm supposed to do.  Again, we'll see how I feel. 

More later...

I feel as free as the air around me (Movie Monday!)

Wow,  I cannot even begin to describe how amazing this weekend was.  Everything with Mike was simply incredible, and the weather could not have been better.  It's felt like summer in Lake City for the last week now, and I am adoring taking it all in.  Plus, it was Ellen's (my sister) 21st birthday, and she is just one of the most fun people I know, so it was great.  Her celebrations included a trip to Bounce City, meeting a Harlem Globetrotter, and a fancy dinner in downtown Houston.

So I took the weekend off from BFL, but don't let that fool you.  I played harder than I have in a long time this weekend, but instead of writing it out I've decided to show you.  So here we go...enjoy...

Now that I'm sure you're laughing so hard you've given yourself an extra ab work out, I'll close up by saying that I drove home this morning after saying goodbye to Mike, and the first thing I did was go lift weights - it was FANTASTIC!!!!!  This is going to be one amazing week.

Quick Post

Man, it's been a crazy week, and I was thinking this morning how I didn't actually lift weights at all this week, but I exercised every single day whether that be belly dancing (which is exhausting if you do choreography over and over again), water exercise, running, doing lunges/push ups around the house, etc. So even though I never made it to the weight room, I feel great because I still made time to be active. I do however, plan on lifting next week. :-)

Now I've gotta run home and pack up stuff for the night because MIKE (my cousin) is flying in from Indy to visit for the weekend! YAY! It's likely that most of this weekend will be free, although I'm pretty sure Mike and I will run Sunday.

If I don't blog until Monday, have a wonderful weekend ladies!

Deep Water Day

This morning, water exercise was conducted in 17 ft water for a full 30 minute Level-3 work out.  Afterward I was exhausted, as I'm sure you can imagine and my heart was beating like crazy, so instead of lifting (I would have not done well at all), a couple friends from my class and I got in the hot tub and relaxed - much needed.  Tonight is Belly Dancing and the dance we're doing is very arm intensive, so I might not do real lifting today, but will do some push ups at some point probably.  Busy, busy day.

It's 47 degrees outside! - updated

And BEAUTIFUL today, oh the sunrise looks amazing.  I was going to enjoy a run in it this morning, but decided to wait until afternoon when it will be perfect outside.  I can't wait - yay!  Question: I'm still really sore from working my abs out Sunday - should I work them out again today or wait until Thursday?

More later...

Okay so this afternoon after classes, Brandon asked me if I wanted to go to Sonic and I said, yes, but I'm going to run, so I'll meet you there.  What a fun run!  1) It was amazing out side, bright, sunny, 65 degrees, windy 2) I was running on these sidewalks through this wooded area between my apt and the area where Sonic is.  It was awesome and relaxing.  Then I did one set of 15 front, right, and left crunches on my exercise ball and a set of 15 leg lifts.  I don't think I could have done more if I wanted to because of how sore I am, so I took it easy.  Hopefully Thursday I wont be so sore.  

Also, I'm still not sure what to do about new shoes.  I don't know if I want cross-trainers or running shoes.  I've done research online and stuff, but haven't found much help. :-(

Cold, rainy weather makes my joints tight

any suggestions?

Just got done doing part of an inside work out - 1 set of 30 lunges, then I stopped those because it was hurting my knees.  So I did two more sets of squats against the wall with my exercise ball - they were much better, but all my joints still feel really stiff.  I think I will do push ups in a bit for biceps and back.  It's gross out today, and while I am LOVING the cold weather, the constant rain and puddles and mud make walking down to the work out room a work out in itself, so today will be all inside my apt.  Also, belly dancing tonight and practice for our group afterward.  Should be a great rest of the day; I just need to find a sweater now.  :-D

I did it!

I got up and ran this morning and then did a new ab work out on my exercise ball today!  Hooray!  Eats were good too.  Also, I am going to buy new running shoes this week, maybe tomorrow, but I don't know whether to get running or cross training shoes, and I don't know exactly what to look for.  Also, I saw some that were running trail shoes that have extra grip on the bottom for off-road running (like down Hensen Creek).  Suggestions, ladies?

Also, our short film is up and ready for voting, so please take a few minutes to visit this site and log in/register.  It shouldn't take that long, and the film is only 3 minutes, so please, please, please take the time to vote for our short and pass it on!

Extended Break

I decided to take today off from working out as well.  I seriously need the break, and will be very excited I'm sure to start back up strong on Sunday.  Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

My brain needs a break

I am so completely glad to have this week over with classes-wise.  I am exhausted from a very busy Tuesday/Wednesday, and my brain is just about shot.  My plan was to run or something this afternoon, and I might end up doing that, but I am going to give myself the rest of the night off with eats.  It's just a bit too much for me to keep track of right now.  I might make up my cardio on Saturday.  So here's to a wonderful night off!

Pretty sure today could not have been busier...

but I did get my upper body work out in this morning after water exercise.  Then belly dancing was tonight, and I could REALLY feel my arms - ouch!  Eats were slightly off today since I was gone all day, but mostly good.  If they were bad it was more on the side of not eating vs. eating poorly.  Regardless, I am completely exhausted and plan on laying down and possibly sleeping as soon as possible.

I'm not gonna lie

abs kinda stunk tonight.  Brandon and I went to see a movie to celebrate the end of mid-terms and being on campus all day, and I came home with a small but intense headache above my left eye.  I wanted to take some medicine, but needed to eat to do that, so I tried to do abs before that, but it didn't help my headache.  So, I ate, took some medicine, and might try to do abs again if I'm up for a couple more hours.

The GREAT news is that I did get up this morning and run!!!!!  It felt awesome!

Some problems with the upcoming winter that I'm not sure what to do about:  I have a HUGE problem getting up when it's dark outside, and as winter gets closer and closer; it takes longer and longer for it to get light outside, but my classes of course do not start later and later.  I also will not run when it's dark out - just too creepy for me.  What I was thinking was that since it will also be cooler, I can run in the afternoons.  I'm hoping that my schedule works with that.  I'm really looking forward to the cooler weather though!  Hooray for fall!

I will do lunges....

That's what I told myself all day, and since I just got done doing them, I'm going to give myself a little pat on the back.  I did biceps and back (upped the weights on back) earlier today after class, but put off lunges because our weight room is too small, and I'm really liking how much I feel them, so I don't want to do something else.  Eats were decent today: cereal for breakfast (I need more breakfast ideas that are really quick and filling), some left over chicken tenders (I took off the breading as much as I could) and a left over baked potato.  We tend to eat out on the weekends, and I always have left overs and want to be able to eat them so as not to waste money.  Anyway, I had a turkey wrap later, a cliff bar, a taco, and now an apple and peanut butter, all of which were incredibly delicious and filling.

Here's to my first cardio day in awhile tomorrow morning.  I'm really ready for it.

Does belly dancing count as cardio???

Hah...well I guess if we do our dance over and over again it might, but probably not, right?  

What a crazy, busy day I have had.  First off, we got to bed by about 4AM after submitting our film, which will be posted Oct 19th (that's Friday).  I woke up at 10 to get ready for work.  Normally, I LOVE my Sunday morning runs, but I wasn't even about to get up earlier.  Worked from 11-3 then came home and made some interview calls for my research.  Now we're making supper - coconut Mahi Mahi (delicious!!!!) (Look Josha, I eat all kinds of fish now!) and then I have to go work on choreography for my small group Belly Dance performance.  I promise to work my little tushy and belly off!  I will do abs when I get home from that and then relax and watch Frankenstein for class.  Then the joy of getting a full night's sleep will make today a really wonderful day!

As a side note, I think I mentioned that Leahanne has been selling stuff on ebay from her grandfather's NASA collection, and her total as of today is $18,000.  Yep, she's rich, at least according to our standards.  Just needed to do a lil bit of bragging about my roommie.  Hope your Sunday was well.

TGIF!

Wow, what a week!  I just got back from working all day and then went to the gym and lifted (inclined chest presses, chest presses, upward rows, shoulder presses, kick backs, tricep extensions) whew!  My arms are all kinds of tingly.  I have a question for you gals: I don't always feel like I'm pushing myself enough, but at the same time I'm really worried about hurting myself.  Where do you draw that line?

Good news is that my biceps are getting big...haha.  

Eats have been good today too!

 Now I've gotta go get ready for a fun filled night - hopefully dinner and a movie with the roommates!  And tomorrow is Free Day!  I was going to move my work out til tomrrow since I didn't do it yesterday, but (and this is VERY exciting) my roommates and I are entering the Apple Insomnia Film Festival and will be waking up early tomorrow (by 8) when we will receive instructions for a short (3 min) film that we will script, shoot, edit, and score, and turn in by 8AM on Sunday.  Talk about an awesome weekend!  I plan on fully taking advantage of my free day to be a junkie artist - pizza, chips and coke, queso, ice cream, and whatever else we have lying around the apartment.  Oh, and champagne to celebrate!  lol.  I'm so excited.  What you have to do is when I give you the site to view it, you have to view it and rate it and then pass it on to everyone you know.  If we're in the top 25, big time producers and stuff will be looking at it!  Yikes!

Have a LOVELY weekend!

Took today off

Decided to take today off from working out.  Thursdays are always hard for me because they are the end of my school week and by the time I get out of class (today I actually had a test) I'm just done, you know?  Eats were great today though except for a couple cookies while watching The Office (hooray).  So today was off working out wise and that's okay.  Tomorrow will be back on.  Upper body for me!

Floating dumbells

Yep, that's how I started my workout this morning.  In water exercise we used dumbells and noodles to lift, seriously it's harder than you think.  I didn't feel like I was doing that much because we only did 5-10 reps of each little exercise, but when I went to the real weight room to lift, it was SO hard.  I ended up doing less than usual, but felt great afterwards.  I only did back and biceps and will do lunges around my apt in a couple hours.  

Eats:

• Oatbran hot cereal and peanut butter (the single serving of the cereal is too much for me, so I'm going to start making half, and if I ever remember, I'm going to boil some eggs for this week)
  
• Cliff Bar - Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch - so delicious, seriously.
  
• Turkey Wrap (this is my favorite food right now)
  
• The buffalo burger recipe from EFL, but with hamburger meat because let's face it, I'm in college, can you really picture me eating buffalo?  Can you picture me eating buffalo anyway?  Strange...
  
• Almonds and raisins probably after Belly Dancing! - whoop!
• Maybe something else depending on how late I'm up.

One more resting day

My ankle is almost all the way better, but I thought I'd give it another cardio day off just to make sure, so I took a brisk walk this morning.  I plan on doing abs before bed - yippie!  Eats have been good today:  Oatbran hot cereal and peanut butter for breakfast, a turkey wrap on whole wheat tortilla w/ just a bit of cheese, and now I'm going to make myself a baked potato and some chicken.  Dinner will be something healthy and a snack of some sort later tonight will be too.  Today feels really great!

healthy food is so delicious

It's funny to me how I crave healthy food, especially after free day.  But I'm always excited on free day too!  

Well, I just got back from doing upper body at the apt weight room.  My arms officially feel like spaghetti, so that is gooood. Hopefully I will be sore.  My legs are still sore from doing lunges Friday - must do those more often!  

Now I must exercise my brain and write a paper on Frankenstein.   Hope you ladies had a great day!

So here's the deal

Yesterday was good eats wise (oh wait i had a couple peanut butter cookies) and I did abs - taking a break from cardio for my ankle.  Fridays have become quite crazy lately, and I so I was going to put off my 3 B's til tomorrow.  Then I started typing this and realized that I definitely had 15 minutes to do lunges and some push ups here in the apt, so I did!  We'll call that a mini-3 B's day, but I'm so glad I did it.  Tonight I am very excited because I am going to Houston with a friend to see one of my favorite bands - Rilo Kiley!  I'll make sure and post pictures tomorrow!

Awake Today

I've got quite a bit of energy today.  Had two awesome work outs this morning - aerobics in the pool and then lifting for upper body.  I did triceps and shoulders first because all of the benches were taken.  Both of those went very well, but when it came time to do chest, my arms were too tired, so I did a little and then came home and did a couple sets of pushups.  Eats have been good today too, so hooray for that!  The only sad news is that I did something to my ankle running yesterday and it hurts when I run (like when I ran to the bus this morning -haha) and when I jump :(, so tomorrow I think I will get up early and take a nice, leisurely WALK through the park to get some 'me' time in before the day begins.  That's all for now!

Running clears my mind

So running is officially my favorite thing to do right now.  I feel so great when I do it!  I took it a little easier today, but my shin splints are getting better!  I plan to do Pilates for abs tonight, another favorite.  Time to get to class, more later.

Update

Did abs - I am amazed at how much stronger I am now than I was at summertime.  Eats were good today, except I missed a meal cause I forgot to bring something to work and dinner was a little off, but still good.  All in all, I'd call today a success.  Tomorrow AM is water exercise and I wonder if I'll get lucky and we'll do upper body.  It's nice to try new things!

So tired!

I don't know what it was about today, but I was exhausted all morning.  I went to the Rec to lift and did squats and bicep curls alternating and then lunges with weights (that's what killed me).  My heart rate was really high after the lunges, to the point that I couldn't catch my breath (maybe I didn't breathe right this time, but I'm usually good about that).  I finished my last set of bicep curls and did hammer curls (sort of), but I was just completely spent even though I didn't feel like I'd done that much.  I had a slight headache and the pressure in my head didn't feel right.  Anyway, I stopped at that and will try to do back later today.  I took a nap and some headache medicine and I feel a bit better.  Just one more rant: it is ridiculously humid today!  I walked outside after I worked out and I thought I was swimming in sweat and grossness.  Guess I should go take a shower, eh?  When will fall be here?  I want to wear sweaters!!!!!